The House of Gazes - Softcover

Mencarelli, Daniele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609459725 ISBN 13: 9781609459727

Publisher: Europa Editions, 2023

Synopsis

Winner of the 2019 John Fante First Novel Prize

The critically acclaimed novel from the author of Everything Calls for Salvation, adapted into a Netflix Original series, is a powerful coming-of-age story about loss, identity, and rebirth

Daniele is a young poet plagued by an unknown darkness, “an invisible disease of the heart, or of the mind.” He refuses to conform to society’s expectations―finding a job, starting a family―yet he struggles to define a path of his own and find a sense of purpose in life.

In a desperate attempt to pull himself out of a dangerous spiral of emptiness and self-destruction, Daniele accepts a job at a pediatric hospital in Rome, the Bambino Gesù, where he’ll work with sick children, many of them terminally ill. In the “house of gazes,” that is, the hospital, through his interactions with patients and co-workers, and forced to confront pain in some of its most heartbreaking forms, Daniele will slowly start to look at life with new eyes, and learn to accept it in all its brutality and beauty.

Writing with the evocative power and sharp focus of a poet, Mencarelli tells a raw and moving story of self-discovery, renewal, and liberation achieved through solidarity and compassion, a story closely inspired by the events of his own life.

About this title

About the Authors

Daniele Mencarelli is a poet and author. Born in Rome in 1974, he now lives in Ariccia, Italy. He is a regular contributor to several Italian newspapers and magazines. Everything Calls for Salvation, his second novel, won the 2020 Youth Strega Prize. The House of Gazes, his first novel, won numerous awards, including the John Fante First Novel Prize and the Volponi Prize.

Octavian MacEwen is a translator based in Britain. He studied Italian at the universities of Edinburgh and Bologna, and holds a Master’s Degree in Translation Studies from Durham University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609459725
• ISBN 13: 9781609459727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224